Kristen Swint

Secretary-Treasurer in Cleveland Sentenced for Records Fraud

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 00:00

On June 10, Kristen Swint, former vice president and secretary treasurer of International Association of Machinists Inflight Aircraft Lodge 2339 in Cleveland, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to two years probation and ordered to pay $30,256 in restitution.  Swint pled guilty in January to falsifying union records to cover up theft.  The sentencing follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  (OLMS, 6/21/08).  

 

Former Cleveland-Area President Sentenced for Embezzlement

Ohio Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 01:00

On February 8, Betty Illig, former secretary-treasurer for Graphic Communications International Union Local 638-S and the Tri-State District Joint Council, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to embezzling $145,675 in union funds and covering up the thefts by submitting false information on the union’s financial reporting forms.  Illig, a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio, a half-hour drive south of Youngstown, had been indicted last November.  The local is also based in East Liverpool.  (OLMS, 2/19/07; other sources). 

 

Former Treasurer in Michigan Sentenced for Records Fraud

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